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W. TAYLOR.

HORSE HAY AND MANURE FORK.

No. 313,966. Patented Mar. 17, 1885.

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HORSE HAY AND MANURE FORK.

iPECIFICATIODi forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,966, dated March 17, 1885.

' Applicaton filed March .25, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WASHINGTON TAYLOR, of Ponca, in the county of Dixon and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horse Hay and Manure Forks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to that class of horse hayforks in which a single set of tines are employed, in connection with proper parts for locking the tines in position to sustain the load when it is desired to lift the same, and

proper parts for unlocking the tines when it is desired to drop the load; and it consists in certain details of construction, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved fork with the position of the parts when the load is sustained in full lines and the position of the parts when the load is dropped in dotted lines; Fig. 2, a rear view of the same with the position of the parts when the load is sustained in full lines and the position of the sustaining-bars and tines when the load is dropped in dotted lines, the other parts being omitted in this view. for the sake of-clearness; and Figs. 3, detail views of one of the standards a enlarged.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improved fork, I will proceed to describe fully the construction and operation of the same.

'A, Figs 1 and 3, represents what may be termed, for convenience, the front sustaining-bar of the fork, and a a 0!, Figs. 1 and 3, fixed standards rising therefroni,which standards are arranged in pairs, as shown in Fig. 3,

40 at the center and at the ends of the bar A.

13, Figs. 1 and 2, represents what may be termed, for convenience, the rear sustaining-bar, and b b b fixed standards rising there from, which standards are divided or forked 5 above, to form pairs, similar to those of the standards a a a, as shown. 1

G O 0 represent the tines, preferably three in number, the rear ends of which are rigidly and firmly secured to the front and rear sustaining-bars, A B, at the center and ends of the same, in any proper manner.

' D D D represent what may be termed for convenience the main sustaining-rods, preferably three in number,the lower ends of which are pivoted between the upper ends of the fixed standards a a a, and the upper ends of which are pivoted to the main bolt E of the clevis or bail e, as shown.

F F F represent what may be termed for convenience the auxiliary sustaining-rods, preferably three in number, the lower ends of which are pivoted to the upper ends of the fixed standards I) b b, and the upper ends of which are pivoted to the bolt G, held in the slots h h of the lower end of the lower connecting-bar, H, as shown.

I represents an upper connecting-bar, the lower end of which is pivoted to the upper end of the lower connectingbar, H, and the upper end to the bolt E of the clevis or bail e, as shown.

J represents the end of a rope, by means of which the fork is elevated at the proper time, in the manner well understood.

K represents an eye upon the upper end of the lower connecting-bar, which eye is adapted to receive the end of the tripping-rope, in the manner well understood.

The operation is substantially as follows: \Vhen the fork is rising with a load, the parts occupy the position shown in full lines, Fig. 1, with the main sustaining-rods D D D hanging in a vertical plane and the connecting-bars H and I hanging also substantially in a vertical plane. The connecting-bars and the auxiliary sustaining-rods in this position form practically a rigid frame, by means of which the tines are locked in proper position to sustain the load. hen the fork has been moved to the proper point, and it is desired to drop the load,the trippingrope is actuated to draw the hinge-joint of the connecting-bars H I out of the vertical plane, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, and thus unlock the parts. When unlocked, the tines, by the weight of the load, are caused to turn upon the pivots at the lower ends of the main sustaining-rods and discharge the load, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. By means of the slots h h in the connecting-bar H and the bolt G and tightening-nut the tines may be adjusted at any desired angle. The fork may be used, of course, for raising manure or any other substance for which it is adapted. What I claim as new, and desire to sccure by When employed for raising hay, the fork en- Letters Patent, is ters the same by its own weight. When em- In combination with the main sustaining 1 ployed for raising manure, the fork is caused bars and rods, thesubordinatesustaining-rods,

5 to enter the same by forcing it with the foot of the slotted bar H, and bolt G, the construction the operator. Ifdesired, more than three tines being such that by means of the slots and the may be employed, by modifying the construc- I bolt the angle of the tines may be adjusted as tion accordingly. The described invention is I desired, as set forth.

simple in construction and possesses great WASHINGTON TAYLOR. 10 strength, and is effective in performing the YVitnesses:

work for which it is designed. T. J. CARSON,

Having thus fully described my invention, JOHN B. BARNES. 

